Sticking to the letter in postal competition

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NEWS about the end of Royal Mail’s monopoly must have got lost in the post. Theoretically, it happened three years ago when the state business was given a licence to operate and was told that it was to enter a commercial world.

Although yesterday’s Royal Mail deal with Business Post was a breakthrough, it will be a long time before the average postal user is offered an alternative service. Postal operations are not known for their ability to generate money and in some countries where the market has been fully liberalised, such as Sweden, competitors have proved reluctant to come